to punish / to reprimand / to warn

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) went on an expedition (征) to find his heart (心) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), but during his expedition he dug up the whole ground and ruined everything, so he will be punished (惩) very severely.

懲 character breakdown

to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence

= + : James II of England (zh) recruited (征) the stick figure (正) to join him on an expedition (征). Legend has it that an ancient civilization left their black sneakers (彳) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). After they dug up most of the ground they finally find the sneakers.
4th note in pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], roughly sol / see also 徵|征[zheng1]
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.

Characters with 懲 as component

懲 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 懲

penalty / punishment / to punish
to discipline / reprimand
to punish severely
to punish / to administer justice
to punish (someone) / to take disciplinary action against (someone)
rewards and penalties
to punish severely
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
to deal with sb severely (idiom)
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb / also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
see 懲惡揚善|惩恶扬善[cheng2 e4 yang2 shan4]
to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom)

Sentences with 懲

懲 currently does not appear in any sentence.